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Our Cricket World Cup countdown continues with the day Irish eyes were smiling. We'll hear from Kevin O'Brien, whose record-breaking century shocked England in 2011.

Plus, a World Cup final of a different kind at Lord's. We'll hear how street children from around the world sent out a powerful message of hope through the game of cricket.

Photo: Kevin O'Brien (Getty Images)

Does cricket have a problem with recreational drugs? We ask whether the extra money in the game is leading players astray.

Sri Lanka's 1996 World Cup hero Hashan Tillakaratne remembers the amazing victory over Australia that rocked cricket's established order.

And how the sport is providing an escape to those New York immigrants who feel isolated in Donald Trump's America.

Photo: Sri Lanka during the 1996 World Cup final (Getty Images)

How India's incredible victory over the mighty West Indies in the 1983 World Cup final ignited a nation's love affair with the game.

Plus, is it a risky PR stunt or a worthy campaign? We speak to the organisers of a controversial mixed-gender match which is setting out to transform perceptions of the women's game in India.

Photo: Veda Krishnamurthy, Harmanpreet Kaur, Mithali Raj and Virat Kohli (Credit: RCBTweets)

Could England's decision to fast-track Barbados-born bowler Jofra Archer into their World Cup plans hamper their bid to win the tournament for the first time?

Plus, memories of the 2011 World Cup final in Mumbai when India beat Sri Lanka in style to deliver the ultimate prize to their cricket-mad fans.

Photo: Jofra Archer (Getty Images)

We revisit Kapil Dev's extraordinary 175 for India at the 1983 World Cup through the eyes of the man with the best seat in the house - Zimbabwe wicketkeeper Dave Houghton.

Plus the student from South Australia who says his new fitness test can halt the injury epidemic among fast bowlers.

Photo: Kapil Dev at Tunbridge Wells (Getty Images)

We look back at Australia's one-run victory over India in 1987 that provided a catalyst for their era of supremacy.

And as another top South African turns his back on the national team, we'll look at what can be done to stop the talent drain from one of cricket's leading countries.

Photo: Dean Jones and Allan Border (Getty Images)

To mankad or not to mankad?

Why a controversial mode of dismissal named after an Indian player from the 1940s has rocked the cricket world this week.

In our World Cup countdown, we'll recall how Pakistan stunned England to win the tournament in 1992.

And the Aussie-born German international who wants to make cricket Europe's biggest summer team sport.

We're starting our countdown to the men's Cricket World Cup. We'll hear from Grant Elliott, who takes us into his mind in the moments before he hit the six that took New Zealand into their first ever final. We'll also look ahead to the start of the Indian Premier League - and visit a project in India that's sending players to the Street Child World Cup.

Photo: Grant Elliott (Getty Images)

After beating India 3-2, are Australia peaking in time for the men's World Cup?

It's a big week for Irish cricket with their first overseas Test match and the launch of a new European Twenty20 league.

And meet the fireman from Western Australia whose new invention promises to revolutionise backyard cricket.

Former West Indies fast bowler Curtly Ambrose on his unlikely reinvention as a ballroom dancer in Australian TV show Dancing with the Stars.

Plus, we meet the man at the centre of cricket's fight against corruption.

Alex Marshall, head of the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit, speaks to us from Sri Lanka, one of several cricket-playing countries where match-fixing is not a criminal offence.

(Photo: Siobhan Power and Curtly Ambrose Credit: Network 10)